Air Force F-15 Eagles from the 1st Fighter Wing at Langley Air Force Base, Va., patrol the southern no-fly zone in Iraq during a previous deployment for Operation Southern Watch.
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1st Fighter Wing
Home base: Langley Air Force Base, Virginia
Aircraft: F-15C Eagle fighters
Destination: Persian Gulf air base
Units: 27th Fighter Squadron, 71st Fighter Squadron, and 94th Fighter Squadron, plus support and logistical squadrons.
Duties: The fighter wing will be a part of a Air and Space Expeditionary Force (AEF), which is comprised of six squadrons of fighter and bomber aircraft; C-130s Hercules and tankers; search and rescue personnel; intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance forces; and combat support elements. During Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm, the wing's two deployed squadrons flew more than 6,200 sorties.
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